Waistband.



A. e. PEINE.

WAISTBAND.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 17. 1915.

1,192,341. Patented July 25,1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FCE.

ADOLPHUS G. PEINE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGivo TO ALFRED DECKER & (JOHN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ncorAE'rNEEsHIP coMrosED OF ALFRED DECKER, ABRA- HAM GOHN, AND ADOLPHUS G. PEINE.

' WAISTBAND.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLrnUs G. PEINE,

The object of my invention is to provide a waistband which is normally inside .of the waist portion of the garment, but which can be turned upside down and wrong side out, so to speak, in order to bring it into position to serve as a belt, thereby dispensing with the use of an ordinary belt.

Another object is to provide a belt of this kind which, when worn inside of the waist portion of the garment, will permit the use of an ordinary belt, in the usual manner, the so called belt straps for an ordinary belt being sewed to the outer surface of the waist portion of the garment, and these belt straps being foldable to permit the reversal of the waist band when it is desired to use the attached belt as a substitute for the ordinary belt, the one belt occupyingpractically the same position as theother when in use, and the two belts being practically interchangeable.

It is also an object to provide certain details of construction tending to increase the general efliciency and desirability of awaistband or attached belt arrangement of this particular character.

To these and other useful ends my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective of the upper or waist portion of a pair of trousers having a waistband provided with an attached belt embodying the principles of my invention, showing the said belt outside and in position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the said belt turned inside to permit the use of an ordinary belt in conjunction with the belt straps which are secured to the outer surface of-the waistband portion of the garment. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section on line 33 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4c is a side elevation of the portion shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan of the front portion of the 7 Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented July 25', 1916.

Application filed May 17, 1915. Serial No. 28,528.

garment shown in Fig. 2, showing the overlapping end portions of the attached belt, and illustrating the arrangement of the different layers of cloth. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the attached belt turned outside for use, and illustrating the manner in which the cloth of the garment and the belt straps are folded in order to permit the said belt to be turned upside down and wrong side out, so to speak, when it is desired to use said belt as a substitute for the ordinary or detachable belt.

As thus illustrated, my invention comprises a belt-like strip of cloth or other suitable material A disposed inside of the waistband portion of the garment Band provided with lapping end portions at the front of the garment, which end portions are connect ed by a clasp a, of a well known character, or by other suitable means. Preferably this belt is stitched at its upper edge to the upper edge 6 of the garment, and also has a longitudinal line of stitching C disposed at a point about midway between the upper and lower edges of the belt, whereby the lower half of said belt is free and unattached. Belt straps D are sewed to the outer surface of the waistband portion of the garment, in the usual manner, and are provided with stitching (Z which connects them at a point between their upper and lower ends with the outer surface of the garment. This stitch ing (Z, or tacking, as it may be called, is located on the line of stitching C, whereby these belt straps are normally not-in condition for use.

Normally, as shown and described, the belt A is inside of the waistband portion of the garment, and at such time, and by removing or cutting the threads or tacking (Z, an ordinary belt can be inserted through the straps D and worn in the usual and 'well known manner. When the garment is worn this way, the belt A which is permanently attached thereto does not cause any inconvenience or discomfort, inasmuch as it is preferably quite thin and is provided with a perfectly smooth and unbroken surface, being entirely free from attachments or protrusions on said surface, whereby this exposed surface of the said attached belt is lsjniooth and clean like that of an ordinary When it is desired to use the attached belt A, the stitching or tacking a is allowed it remain, and the belt A is folded over or turned wrong side out and upside down, so to speak, as shown in Fig. 6, thereby bringing this. belt into a position outside of the necessarily less, when the ,belt' A is turned outside, as this in effect brings the smaller of two concentric circles outside of the larger,

and with the added thickness inside of the belt the practical effect is a tightening of the Waistband in its entirety. At this time, the

belt straps D fold with the cloth of the gar ment, inasmuch as they are still attached to the garment by the stitching d, whereby they fold snugly and flatly underneath the belt A when the latter is brought outside for use.

The belt A and the garment B can 'bemade of the same goods, or ofdifi'erent materials, depending upon the effect desired.

This belt and the outer or ordinary belt (which may be simply the ordinary strap and buckle) are interchangeable, so to speak, as the arrangement affords convenient opportunity for the use of either one, and each belt is always outside of the waistband when in use. But when an ordinary belt is in use, then the attached belt A is necessarilyinside of the garment.

Thus the principle involved in the construction and operation of my improvement is the reversal of the Waistband to bring the belt A outside, and the invention consists in the folding of the belt straps D at points coincident with the fold line C of the waistband when the permanent or attached belt A purpose, I do not limit myself to the exact construction as shown and described.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention is A garment waistband comprising a beltlike strip sewed within the upper edge portion of the garment, having a line of stitching extending parallel with and between the upper and lower edges of the belt-like strip, said stitching providing a fold line for the waistband and passing entirely through both the belt-like strip and the waist portion of'the' garment, the lower edge of said belt-like strip being unattached and the'said upper edge thereof being stitched to the upper edge of the garment, thereby adapting said waistband to be turned wrong side out and upside down when it is desired.

to tighten the garment on the wearer, devices to connect the front ends of thebelte like strip in both, positions thereof, belt straps on the outside of said waist portion, said straps extending vertically across said line of stitching, and means for attaching said straps between their upper and lower ends at points located on said line of stitching, said straps thereby being foldable with the waistband when the belt-like strip is turned outside for use, and said straps being adapted to receive an ordinary belt Whe said means'are removed.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 6th day'of May, 1915.

, ADOLPHUS G. PEINE. 1

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